A letter from the British Embassy in Moscow to Mrs. Jane Chasler of Hendon (London), dated 11 August 1945 about the fate of her parents Manuel Chasler and Bellina Davidoff. (page 3).
A letter from the British Embassy in Moscow to Mrs. Jane Chasler of Hendon (London), dated 11 August 1945 about the fate of her parents Manuel Chasler and Bellina Davidoff. (page 2).
A letter from the British Embassy in Moscow to Mrs. Jane Chasler of Hendon (London), dated 11 August 1945 about the fate of her parents Manuel Chasler and Bellina Davidoff. (page 3).
Manuel Chasler, born 28 February 1885 in Odessa, was a son of Kalman Chasler and Enna Lebo. Originally he was a grain inspector but during his stay in Holland (Rotterdam), he was also working as a merchant and as shopkeeper in ladiesfashion.
On 8 April 1905 Manuel arrived from Odessa in Rotterdam, still unmarried and stayed with his cousin Jules Constant Lebo and his wife Fanny Herzbergen. Since 1…
About the woman, who burried Bellina Davidoff in 1942.
In een brief van 11 Augustus 1945 van de Britse Ambassade uit Moskou, gericht aan Miss Jane Chasler in Londen wordt gewag gemaakt van Mrs. Lifschitz, die samen met Bellina Davidoff en andere vrouwen en kinderen in December 1941 vanuit Armenië naar een kamp in Siberië werden gestuurd. Bellina Davidoff overleed daar in een ziekenhuis in Augustus 1942 en Mrs. Lifschitz heeft haar daar begraven. Wie was nu deze Mrs.Lifschitz ?
Lifschitz was her married name, she was born in London as Milly Lichtenholz a child of Salomon Josel Lichtenholz and Sara Hegett. Her father, Salomon was born in Zaleszczijcki in Poland on 19 March 1869, son of Mendel and Sosje Lichtenholz. His wife, Sara was born on the 15 March 1888 in Borislow, also in Galicia. They had three children, namely Hedel, born in 1913 (London), Milly, born in 1916 …
Een brief over het lot van Manuel Chasler en zijn vrouw Bellina Davidoff.
Een vertaling van de inhoud van de brief van de Britse ambassade in Moskou van 11 Augustus 1945 aan Miss Jane Chasler in Londen, dochter van Manuel en Bellina Chasler, broer van Henry Chasler en tante van Leslie Chasler, eveneens uit Londen, geschreven door de ambassade secretaris Mr. T.C. Sharman. De originele Engelse tekst van deze brief is te lezen in de fotocarrousel.
Mevrouw,
N.a.v. uw brief van 21 Maart betreffende de verblijfplaats van uw ouders, stuitte ik onlangs op een onverwachte informatiebron.
In Woznessenka, Akmolenski Oblast, woonde een Engelse vrouw, die in Rotterdam gehuwd was met een Russisch onderdaan. Omdat onder de Russische wet een vrouw niet automatisch de nationaliteit van haar man verkrijgt, bleef zij haar Engelse nationaliteit behouden, en…
Manual Chasler was my father Henry Chasler's father, who was arrested, along with his wife Bellina as they were attempting to leave Holland. He opted to return to his country of birth, Russia, where he was taken into custody, questioned and, maybe even tortured. He was never seen again. According to correspondence we have via the Red Cross Bellina was transported to a labour camp in Siberia where…